Re: Spaces in args, escapes, and command substitution

[bash]

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>>     For example, "vi `grep -l *.c`" is fine so long as there are no spaces
>>     in the *.c filenames.  But if there are, then the split on space
>>     that command subsitution does messes everything up.
>>
>>     Given that "grep -l" outputs newline-delimited result then surely there
>>     should it should be possibly to have the spaces on each line escaped
>>     and only the newlines converted to spaces.
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>Word splitting is controlled by IFS.  Use IFS=$'\n' to only split on
>newlines.

Tried that. Doesn't work.

Perhaps instead of just saying "Use IFS..." you could show
me a working example.